16 whorls. Disk-shaped objects with a hole in the center, fitted onto the spindle, to increase and maintain the speed of the spin, used in the ancient art of making cloth. 15 whorls have been made of different stones and one made of bone. Some are decorated. Many of them from the early Roman period

Site item id

16237

Collection name
Oded Golan Collection
Item period
Iron Age
כלי מזיגה זואומורפי, כנראה בצורת חזיר, תקופת הברזל